348 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
2. Lentinus subnudus, Berk.=L. cretaceous. 
(Plate XVIII, fis. 2). 
Distribution and Habitat—Khandala, Bombay, on fallen 
trunks at Point De Galle in Ceylon, and near Adelaide, Australia; 
now reported frem all parts of Bengal from June to “December, 
growing on pieces of log in timber yards in clusters usually, on 
dead branches of trees as well, very common. 
Pileus.—Stalked, deeply infundibuliform, Bang white 
when fresh, turning brownish in course.of time, upper surface 
distinctly scaly, brownish scales arranged i in regular concentric 
rings, hence it appears spotted, soft when young, stiffening 
and drying up, of various sizes, diameter from 24 to 73 cm 
Stalk.—White, base usually black, solid, eoaieal, of vary- 
ing lengths about 24 to 5 cm., in some species thin, in others 
thick, similarly sana all over with dense scales, sometimes 
almost smooth, becoming hard in drying up. 
—Decurrent, narrow, in bigger specimens broad, 
crowded, unicolourous. 
Margin.—Involute. 
Spores.—White with a inows outline, oval, 6x 4 p. 
Cystidia —None. 
3. Lentinus sajor-caju, Fr. 
(Plate XVIII, fig. 3). 
_ Distribution and Habitat.—Found in the Moluccas and the | 
Nicobars on earth, on a decaying erect tree trunk at Pera- 
deniya, Ceylon ; now reported from the interior of Hooghly 
district, Bengal, September 1918. not common, growing on 
dead pieces of wo 
Pileus. sseiab: short stalks, irregular, slightly infundubli- 
form, depressed at the centre, gray, turning yellowish in course 
she ime, surface generally smooth, soft, thin, diameter about 
em. 
Stalk.—Short and rigid, about 1 em. long, thick, solid, 
excentric, of the same colour as the cap, base blackish, with 
remnants of a broad ring, making the stem somewhat scaly. 
ils.—Decurrent, narrow. crowded, at first white, then 
grayish-yellow on their faces a number of globose, short 
processe 
Mar, argin.—Delioately wavy with short concavities and 
convexities. 
; ee white turning pale-brown in course of time, 
x 4p. 
Cystidia.—None. 
